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Career Advice Carpe Careers

Why Write About Our Work?

Katie Homar reflects on the value of writing about graduate and postdoc career and professional development.

By Katie Homar

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Career Advice Teaching

Teaching About Class in a Post-DEI Era

A simple sticky note activity can jump-start classroom conversations about a difficult topic, Sothy Eng writes.

By Sothy Eng

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Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

The Good Enough Manuscript

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good enough when it comes to sending your manuscript to a publisher, Laura Portwood-Stacer writes.

By Laura Portwood-Stacer

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Opinion
Career Advice Carpe Careers

What to Do When Your Job Search Stalls

Take these steps to get unstuck, Raquel Y. Salinas writes.

By Raquel Y. Salinas

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Career Advice

Making Service Visible

Asking faculty to submit a service portfolio could move the needle on “service slacking” and bring individual and institutional benefits, Beth Mitchneck writes.

By Beth Mitchneck

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Opinion
Career Advice

This Summer, Make a Plan to Prepare Grad Students to Defend Academic Freedom

Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill offers suggestions for a summer action plan.

By Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill

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Opinion
Career Advice Carpe Careers

Why Grad Students Can’t Afford to Ignore AI 

Dinuka Gunaratne offers a framework for thoughtful engagement.

By Dinuka Gunaratne

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Career Advice Teaching

Can Intellectual Virtues Re-Energize Teaching?

Rebecca Vidra writes that she is thinking hard this summer about what it means to be an intellectually curious, humble and resilient teacher.

By Rebecca Vidra